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Apple QuickTime DRM Disables Video Editing Apps

Posted by kdawson on from the what-is-this-uninstall-you-speak-of dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to numerous posts on Apple's discussion forums (several threads of which have been deleted by Apple), as well as a number of popular video editing blogs, Apple's recent QT 7.4 update does more than just enable iTunes video rentals — it also disables Adobe's professional After Effects video editing software. Attempting to render video files after the update results in a DRM permissions error. Unfortunately, it is not possible to roll back to a previous version of QT without doing a full OSX reinstall. Previous QT updates have also been known to have severe issues with pro video editing apps."

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  1. kill microsoft by alen · · Score: 5, Funny

    i say we call the AG in every state to complain how Microsoft is disabling other apps with their updates

    oh, wait

  2. Re:The answer is quite simple actually: by lucifig · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, that can't be it. Somehow we have to tie it back to Microsoft.

  3. Re:The answer is quite simple actually: by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 5, Funny

    or video.

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  4. I'm confused by Malevolent+Tester · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without kdawson's helpful comments, I can't make my mind up - was this elitist or egalitarian?

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  5. At the risk of being obvious... dtrace! by davecb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use the recent Dtrace-fix kernel module to get tracing working, and trace the offending program until you find the error. Then write a kenel module to fix that.

    --dave

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    1. Re:At the risk of being obvious... dtrace! by ricebowl · · Score: 5, Funny

      Use the recent Dtrace-fix kernel module to get tracing working, and trace the offending program until you find the error. Then write a kenel module to fix that.

      --dave

      I'm sorry, Dave; I can't let you do that.

      --Happle

  6. I don't see the problem.. by stormguard2099 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Renting and watching videos should be enough for anyone

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  7. Re:As always by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love you man, people like you make my tech support job much easier.

    I'm serious.

    When I can say "the answer is to restore from your backups".

    YOU are the guy that say "ok, cool, just wanted to see if there was a workaround first". YOU are the one that is back in action less than an hour later instead of bitching about how Apple Quality control has gone down the shitter since last year.

    Seriously, if I could give you a free computer I would.

  8. Re:The answer is quite simple actually: by edittard · · Score: 5, Funny

    New slogan: It just doesn't work.

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  9. Re:The answer is quite simple actually: by Anonymous+Brave+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't use Quicktime on Windows!

    Oh, wait...

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  10. Re:The answer is quite simple actually: by coop247 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll never buy another Sony product again. Rootkits, DRM, Blu-Ray, MinDisc, EVIL.

    Oh, wait, this is Apple. Thats cool then, I like them.

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  11. Re:As always by carou · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're an individual and not a post production facility, test the upgrade on a separate partition or physical volume.

    If you're an individual and not a post production facility, what are the chances of you having an extra Mac lying around to test?

    Good point, maybe instead you could perform your software testing on a separate partition or physical volume, or something.

  12. Re:As always by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get a mandatory training film on Sarbanes-Oxley that says "upgrade your quicktime", I click the icon, and my computer turns into a brick. That's expected. Sarbanes-Oxley already turned your economy into a brick.
  13. Re:What has this got to do with DRM? by mh1997 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what remains as fact: Apple have a introduced a bug in an update to a shared library - so what? It's hardly the first time this has happened, on any OS. And maybe not even that - perhaps it's even possible that QuickTime is correct, and the change has just exposed a latent bug in AfterEffects? We just don't have the data to make a judgment, so perhaps everyone could calm down and stop acting like Apple is chained to Hollywood and making the sky fall in.
    I agree - so what? What's the big deal with this, it's not like anyone expected something from Apple to just work.
  14. Re:Let me get this straight.. by Fred_A · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had hoped it would be something like

    vi ~/.quicktime/prefs

    change
    KillVideoEditors = yes
    to
    KillVideoEditors = no

    Restart Quicktime.

    Damn Macs, always so complicated. ;)

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  15. Re:The answer is quite simple actually: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    because they are screwing sony...

  16. Re:The answer is quite simple actually: by MadnessASAP · · Score: 5, Funny

    or computers.

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  17. A little confusing by pat+mcguire · · Score: 4, Funny

    This whole "QT" thing bewilders me. I don't know whether to mindlessly flame Apple or KDE...

  18. Re:Apple does this all the time by Mikey-San · · Score: 4, Funny

    I develop for Final Cut Pro and Motion, and the last time I installed a beta for them, they installed a component which broke QuickTime.

    So the last time you installed software that was known not to be production-level, it was not production-level?

    Holy. Shit.

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  19. Re:The answer is quite simple actually: by DittoBox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damn Luddites.

    Get off my lawn!

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  20. Re:The answer is quite simple actually: by ady1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    We shouldn't have got off the trees in the first place.